Carpet or rug beater.



...110. 726,025. PATENTED Amm, 1903. H. G. GADY.

CARPET 0R RUG BBATER.

APPLIUATIoN-PILED MAn.20,1001.

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HORACE G. CADY, OF AUBURN,NEW YORK.

CARPT OR RUG BEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,025, dated April 21, 1903.

A Application iiled Marcha 26, 1901I Serial No. 53,013. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that LHORACE G. CADY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Carpet or Rug Beaters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, on one sheet, making part of this specitcation, in which- Figure l is a plan View of my carpet and rug beater; and Fig. 2 is a view'similar to Fig. 1, but showing 'the handle of the beater in section.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts in both views.

My invention relates `to improvements in carpet and rug beaters in-which two wire loops are used, an outer loop A andan inner loop B, securely held in their relative positions by suitable connections, the ends of said wires being secured together at E within a handle D for operating the saine. I accomplish this preferably by twisting Atwo wires of suitable length together near the centers thereof and bending the longer parts thereofto form the outer loop A and the shorter parts thereof to form the inner loop B, thetwisted part C forming a suitable connection for holding the outer and the inner loops Aand B, respectively, in their relative positions at the outer end, the four ends of the wiresbeing brought together and twisted together in'a shank E to secure the inner ends of the loops A B in their relative positions,the twisted ends of said wires formingiafsuitable shank E fory the handle D, thefour ends of said wires being so .adjusted that all` enterlthehandle twisted together, one end F of said wires being longer than the others, so that it extends beyond the twisted part of said wires and passes clear through the handle for the purpose of holding the handle permanently in its place.l This is preferably accomplished by bending the end F of the wire which passes through the handle over in suitable form against the outer end of the handle, as seen at G, Figs. 1 and 2.

The objects of my invention are to so arrangev and. construct said carpet and rug beater by twisting two wires together near the middle of each of said wires that thev twisted part C will form abridge or brace connecting said Wires rigidly together and maintaininga relative position between the loops formed by said wires and also to bring the ends of said wires and ktwist them in such a manner to form two loops, an outer loop A and an inner loop B,;theV ends of said wires being twisted together in such a .manner as to hold and maintain said loops in relative position-to` each other, the ends of said wires being twisted together in such a manner as to make a rigid shank E to receive the handle D, which is securely held in place by the wire projection F, as shown, thereby forming a rigid and simple device for the purpose ot' beating rugs, carpets, and other articles, affording-ample surface Contact in operating the device upon the article to be whipped, also aording a strong and rigid shank E, to which the handle D is firmly fastened.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a carpet and rug beater, wires bent to form loops twisted together attheir middle portions, the ends of said wires twisted to form a shankan'd a handle secured on such shank in the mannerand for the purpose as described.

y HORACE G. CADY, Witnesses: l 1- FRANK E. CADY,

WILLARD CALDWELL. 

